Reborn as the Darling of the Delta

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Zoya shook her head. These people still hadn't seen through the true colors of GTI's higher-ups. But since she was here, she had to speak out, otherwise...

Zoya thought of Rometheus, with whom she had once worked. She knew that he had accepted investment from the Hafk Group behind her back, turning the Relink brain-computer interface, which was supposed to benefit all mankind, into a tool for him to vent his desires.

Chapter 146 Nameless

While the GTI crew began discussing how to deal with the rather troublesome mandel brick, back at Audrey's private mansion...

"When Richard came this time... he also brought Hafk's Mandel supercomputing unit?"

Audrey stared in shock at the masked man in front of her. Although she couldn't see his face clearly, it was easy to tell from his deep eyes and high nose that he was definitely a handsome man.

But Audrey didn't care whether he was handsome or not; she just looked at him seriously again and asked:

"Tell me first, who are you, and what is your purpose in coming here?"

Let's zoom out and we can see that outside Audrey's private mansion, only the corpses of guards remain.

“Who I am is not important. I learned this information by killing the soldiers around Richard. This is a deal. I need your people from Hafk to remove the Relink brain-computer interface for me.”

The man said calmly, his eyes fixed on Audrey.

“Relink brain-computer interface? You’ve got the wrong person. The brain-computer interface is with Rometheus at the Tower of Babel. You… you can go there and ask him to disassemble it for you.”

The scene was eerily quiet. Audrey didn't even dare to look at the cold-faced man in front of her, fearing that if he became unhappy, she would go and pick up Satan.

“Rometheus… Are you acquainted with Rometheus? I’ve given you this information, so you should introduce me to him.”

After hearing this, Audrey felt like kneeling down before the person in front of her.

You should know that while you were plotting how to kill Richard and frame that idiot Robert, your room door opened silently, and someone walked in and casually mentioned the news about the Mandel supercomputing unit mentioned at the beginning.

"I...I'm not very familiar with it either, but hey, hey, don't pull out your gun yet. I can give it a try, who knows?"

Audrey was stunned to see the man in front of her about to pull out his gun again. What was he doing? He had wiped out all her guards. What grudge did he have against her?

"Then hurry up!"

Audrey reluctantly picked up a cell phone from her drawer and called Rometheus.

Unfortunately, the call was disconnected after only a few seconds of ringing.

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Audrey looked up awkwardly, about to say something, but then she heard the sound of a bullet being chambered.

"It seems you don't get along well with him?"

The man stared coldly at the blonde beauty before him, but it seemed he was looking at a... corpse?

"Wait, wait a minute, he must have thought it was a spam call and hung up. Give me another chance."

Seeing the woman staring at him expectantly, the man pointed his gun at the phone in her hand.

"Hurry up, I don't have much patience."

"Okay, okay."

Audrey dialed the number again, praying silently in her heart.

Audrey: That damn Rometheus, answer the phone! I don't want to die here yet! I'm still so young, I haven't even made it to the board yet!

"Hey! What do you want? I'm busy, so tell me what's up!"

The phone rang a few more times before being answered, and Rometheus's voice came through.

Audrey: Ah! No... I don't have to die? ?_?

Seeing that the call had connected, the man didn't waste any more words. He took the phone from Audrey's hand and spoke to Rometheus on the other end:

"Rometheus, do you remember me?"

Rometheus on the other side: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

"Who are you? Do I know you?"

"Do you still remember Hafk's proudest work on human modification?"

Upon hearing this, Audrey was momentarily stunned. So... she had been threatened and kidnapped by her own people?

"Huh? Hiss... Zero's voice isn't like this either? Wait a minute!"

Rometheus suddenly remembered that a few years ago, Jacob had personally sent a man to him with a series of modification plans. At that time, Rometheus, who was not yet so powerful, was stunned when he saw such modification plans.

"You are... Münber?"

"Oh? It seems you haven't forgotten me. That's good. Now this woman is in my hands. Either remove her brain-computer interface, or she dies."

Rometheus fell silent, while Audrey said she was sweating profusely, feeling like she had been dragged into this mess for no reason!

“Monbel........”

“Now I am called Nameless, Monbel is a thing of the past.”

"Alright, Nameless, this is all I can say to you now. Your generation of brain-computer interface was developed at the same time as the one in my head, and your model and contents were customized by Mr. Jacob. Although I don't know what's inside, judging from your reaction, it probably won't be very good..."

Nameless, not wanting to listen to Rometheus rambling on the phone, interrupted and asked:

"I don't want to listen to your explanation of how to take it apart right now."

After hearing the nameless man's words, Rometheus sighed:

"You escaped, right? I'm sorry, I can't help you. I'm the leader of Hafk Babel now, and there are many things I can't do just because I want to. But you were indeed my proudest creation before, though of course not anymore."

Hide beside the nameless man, Audrey really wanted to fly over and pry open Rometheus's skull to see what was inside. Were these two stinky men so engrossed in their conversation that they were completely ignoring her?

"Sigh, considering my past relationship with your father, I'll tell you this: go find a woman who's been working with me on brain-computer interfaces. I can't say who she is, but you'll definitely find her. She can help you. Also, she has a bad temper..."

After Rometheus finished speaking, he realized that the call seemed to have come from Audrey.

“I’ve told you what you want. Let her go. Otherwise, even if you dismantle it, it won’t make a difference. Hafk will eventually find you and eliminate you, just like your father did.”

Wuming silently wrote down what Rometheus said, then hung up the phone and tossed it to Audrey, who was trembling beside him.

Where is your armory?

Wuming coldly stared at the seemingly harmless woman. How could he not know her true colors? But now was not the time to completely break ties with Hafk. He had to wait until he defused the Relink brain-computer interface, this time bomb.

"In... in that small room on the first floor."

After looking at it, Wuming glanced at Audrey and then turned and left.

"I fired a large dose of anesthetic. If you don't want so many people to die, call for help quickly."

Audrey was stunned for two seconds upon hearing this, and then she hurriedly began to call for help.

After taking a few pieces of equipment from the armory, Nameless turned and left this place of trouble.

Chapter 147 The Nameless Man's Background

"Oh dear, what a mess! I'm torn between them, they're both my flesh and blood!"

Inside Rometheus's office in the Tower of Babel.

Ella looked speechlessly at Rometheus, who was starting to "go crazy" again. She used to think he was a calm, witty, and handsome "old man," but now he seemed to be nothing more than a large-scale "problem child."

"Teacher, who is this person named Wuming?"

Ella was also curious about this ruthless person who could directly attack Audrey's hometown, especially since this person seemed to have a connection with her teacher.

"Is it called Nameless now? Oh well, whatever."

Rometheus suddenly let out a helpless sigh, which only made Ella more curious.

“I know his father, who is a wealthy man who invests in Hafk and is also a womanizer.”

Rometheus winked at Ella as he spoke, seemingly seeking praise.

Ella: What's this loser/simp doing here?

"Yes, yes, teacher, you're not a womanizer, it's just that the senior students don't like you."

Rometheus's face stiffened, then he continued, seemingly changing the subject:

"Ahem, continue. Wuming's real name is Elie de Mombell. He was born by accident when his womanizing father met his mother while traveling somewhere. Speaking of which, his father was quite good. He was very optimistic about my experiments and gave me a lot of resources, more than Robert and Audrey, those two poor bastards, combined!"

As Rometheus spoke, he gestured to Ella, and it was easy to tell from his tone that he and the nameless man's father had a pretty good relationship.

"Sigh! But later his father offended someone he shouldn't have, you should know that. Then his property had to be inherited by an heir, right? The ridiculous thing is that this womanizer only had one son, Wuming. At that time, Wuming was by his father's side, and the father and son had a pretty good relationship."

As Rometheus spoke, his tone gradually became lower and more subdued.

"But how old was Wuming back then? He was only in his early twenties. You must have heard what those bastards at the top of Hafk were like. They made a demand of Wuming at that time, asking him to undergo human modification experiments by the Hafk Group so that he could inherit all of his father's assets."

Ella then interrupted the dejected Rometheus, voicing her doubts:

"But teacher, you said before that you had a good relationship with Wuming's father, right? Why didn't you step in to protect him back then?"

Rometheus stared at Ella in shock, then pointed to himself:

"Huh? What did you say? You mean you let someone who was just a chief experimental officer interfere in the affairs of the Hafk Group's top management? You know, the main investor in the Tower of Babel was also the nameless old man!"

Ella was completely dumbfounded. What?! Such a huge Tower of Babel, with so many valuable instruments inside...? Her teacher is that valuable?

"Ahem, don't look at me like that. I wasn't even qualified to attend this meeting back then, but I was the one who conducted the nameless human experiments. After his father passed away, even though I wasn't familiar with him, I still had to take care of him, right?"

"Wait, wait, wait, then why is he now resorting to such extreme measures, demanding that you remove his brain-computer interface?"

Rometheus sighed helplessly:

"It's also my fault for being incompetent back then. When the higher-ups were leaving, I was going to install the Relink brain-computer interface on him, making him look like Demulan. Don't look at it, don't tell Demulan's secretary. Demulan is very smart, she probably noticed it too. But Wuming, think about it, he's just a hot-blooded young man in his early twenties, he usually doesn't consider the consequences of his actions."

"The brain-computer interfaces of Demulan and the nameless one have both been tampered with?!"

Ella questioned Rometheus before her:

"You told me back then that you and Senior Zoya didn't create the brain-computer interface to aid and abet evil, but what you're doing now..."

Seeing Ella before him, who vaguely resembled Zoya, Rometheus explained helplessly:

"Don't get excited. I told you not to get too close to Zoya before, you've been assimilated by her."

Rometheus pointed to the stool next to Ella, gesturing for her to sit down.

Hearing Rometheus say this, she pouted and sat down, unconvinced. She needed a reasonable explanation.

"Sigh, you've been by my side for so long, Ella, do you really think someone as straightforward as Zoya can succeed?"

When Rometheus spoke to Zoya in this way, Ella was about to retort, but Rometheus stopped her.

“Many times, we don’t have a choice. We’re just puppets, puppets of the higher-ups, Jacob’s money-making puppets. Ella, I don’t expect you to understand me, but I still want to tell you that time will tell.”

"Alright, I've digressed. I guess Nameless has already managed to escape Hafk's sight, but to completely break free from his control, this brain-computer interface must be removed, after all, it's a ticking time bomb!"

"Then why didn't you just have him come here to help him demolish it?"

Rometheus took a sip of coffee and pointed to the soldiers stationed outside.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that I manage this Tower of Babel. The soldiers inside are the eyes and ears of the Hafk Group. Even my Black Hawk Squad isn't entirely under my control."

Rometheus sighed helplessly:

"Ella, you can't be like your senior Zoya. This place isn't just about ability; emotional intelligence is also very important, you know?"

Ella initially seemed to have learned something, but when Rometheus mentioned emotional intelligence, she froze, rolling her eyes at him.

"Teacher, stop bragging. What kind of emotional intelligence do you have? You've offended all the higher-ups. If you weren't valuable enough, you would have been fired long ago."

Rometheus never expected that his student, who had been with him for so many years, would betray him. His heart felt as if it had been pierced by a sharp dagger.

"Waaaaah, Ella, how could you say that to me? I'm leaving!"

Ella watched as Rometheus ran back to continue his experiment, sobbing, and shook her head helplessly. "Oh well," she thought, "he's still my teacher, no matter how much he dislikes me."

Meanwhile, after returning to a secluded house, Nameless took out his computer and began searching for the information that Rometheus had told him earlier.

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"Zoya? In...GTI?"

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